???Safely Trading Gear Between Private Parties???

It’s hilarious that a reference to convicted felons is assumed to be a reference to our moron in chief.

Wow, I guess that the post above yours flew so far over my head that I totally missed it, @jond ! Was that what @carlsbad2 was responding to? I was simply advising the OP that making deals with convicted felons could potentially get him to be inadvertently involved in the chargeable offense of receiving stolen property. I had no idea that this advice would make @carlsbad2 so defensive!

Why can't people (Who should know better) keep the stupid political comments out of the Audio forums? You know it's going to be divisive and get a response! Grow up people!

+1 audio comments not political comments on this forum. 

@willywonka

Because they have nothing to add to the question that was asked from the OP! Bringing up politics on an audio site must be filling an empty void for them! Very sad!

You have to have a good sense of the other party’s trustworthiness. Check their feedback at a minimum. Ask for a phone no. and have a conversation. Some people have far better intuition than others about this. If you know you have trouble reading people, get a friend or relative to review your communications with the other party and alert you to any red flags. The only bad experiences I’ve had here have involved rude emails not actual scams or ripoffs.